Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs in Henan province, central China

The heartworm Dirofilaria immitis is the causative agent of cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis in dogs and cats, and also infects humans. However, there has been no study on dirofilariasis in dogs in central China. From March 2015 to February 2016, sera from 1176 randomly selected household dogs from He...

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Main Authors: Wang Shuai, Zhang Nian, Zhang Zhenchao, Wang Dong, Yao Zhijun, Zhang Haizhu, Ma Jingbo, Zheng Bin, Ren Hongbin, Liu Shiguo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2016054